A bar chart displays the number of students in each major at a university. What type of data distribution is being visualized?

• A. Uniform distribution
• B. Qualitative ($\mathrm{categorical}$) distribution
• C. Normal distribution
• D. Quantitative ($\mathrm{numerical}$) distribution

Answer: (B)

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1. Understand that a bar chart is used to display data that can be divided into distinct categories or groups.
2. Recognize that the number of students in each major represents categories (majors) rather than numerical measurements.
3. Recall that data representing categories or groups without inherent numerical order is called qualitative or categorical data.
4. Note that distributions like uniform or normal refer to numerical data distributions, which are not applicable here since majors are categories.
5. Conclude that the bar chart visualizes a qualitative (categorical) distribution because it shows counts of students across different categories (majors).